Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

Suffolk DA Stands With Traffic Violence Victims — Will NYC DAs Follow Suit?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2015 | No Comments

On Tuesday, New Yorkers tuned into the evening news might have seen a district attorney standing with victims of traffic violence. But the prosecutor wasn’t from one of the five boroughs. WCBS reports: The families of four victims killed in hit-and-run crashes in Suffolk County called on Albany on Tuesday to enact tougher sentences for […]

So Far, Ken Thompson Is the Only DA to Meet With Families For Safe Streets

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2015 | 2 Comments

With Families For Safe Streets appealing to New York City’s five district attorneys to prosecute dangerous drivers who injure or kill, one DA has opened his doors to them. At a City Hall rally last Sunday, Families For Safe Streets announced that Thompson is launching the District Attorney Driver Accountability Initiative. “The new initiative is designed to address issues […]

DAs Insist They Don’t Call Car Crashes “Accidents,” Except When They Do

By Stephen Miller | Jan 14, 2015 | 13 Comments

Among the demands Families For Safe Streets is making of district attorneys, one of the simpler changes is to stop using the word “accident” to describe traffic collisions. In exchanges this week, the offices of three district attorneys said in no uncertain terms that they already refrain from using the word “accident” in this manner. […]

DA Cy Vance: Most Manhattan Traffic Deaths Aren’t Crimes

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2015 | 37 Comments

All Cy Vance wanted to do was talk computer crime at the Yale Club, but Sofia Russo, who lost her daughter to traffic violence, wouldn’t let him stick to the script. At a Crain’s breakfast in Midtown today, the Manhattan district attorney assured the capacity crowd that his office is going after gangs, targeting terrorists, and […]

Families of Traffic Violence Victims Demand Justice From District Attorneys

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 6 Comments

Braving the cold, more than 150 people gathered on the steps of City Hall yesterday to demand that New York City’s five district attorneys begin filing charges against reckless drivers who kill and injure New Yorkers on the streets. “The five New York City district attorneys have failed to do their job,” said Amy Cohen, […]

Sunday: Families For Safe Streets to Train Spotlight on Feckless NYC DAs

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2015 | 9 Comments

Since January 2012, Streetsblog has maintained a database of all known pedestrians and cyclists killed by drivers in New York City. We collect as much information on each crash as possible, including any charges filed against the motorists who took the victims’ lives. Of over 400 fatalities tracked by Streetsblog in three years, in only […]

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